Excerpt from Nature and Development of Plants In the present volume an attempt has been made to present the more important aspects of botanical science, not only as they are related to pure biological science, but also as they are connected and associated with our daily life and interests. The general reader will find here a discussion of the laws and principles that control and direct plant life and of the importance of this life. The author also has had in mind the difficulties that the student experiences in entering a new field. To make the subject more approachable, many of the technical terms have been eliminated and an easily comprehended terminology has been maintained throughout the book. The text is designed especially for the benefit of the student who is beginning the subject. We trust that a study of it will bring him to the class room prepared for a discussion of the topics and we also trust that this work of preparation will tax him to the full measure of his intellectual capacity. The author is old fashioned in his ideas of education. Work that simply entertains or imparts information and that does not create the sufferings associated with mental effort can be of little permanent value or make for any considerable development. Finally the book will fall short of its real purpose unless used in the laboratory in connection with the plants themselves. Detailed directions are not given for the laboratory work - these of necessity must vary with the instructor and with the locality - but the text gives the student sufficient guidance and understanding to enable him to find out for himself the principles and facts in the material to which he has been directed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.